Hans Blumenberg and the Legitimacy of the Modern Age

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Hans Blumenberg and the Legitimacy of the Modern Age

Saturday 13 July 2024 is the 104th anniversary of the birth of Hans Blumenberg (13 July 1920 – 28 March 1996), who was born in Lübeck on this date in 1920.

Blumenberg’s interest in modernity touched off a debate with Karl Löwith about the legitimacy not only of philosophy of history as a discipline, but of the modern age itself. Blumenberg approached modernity by several pathways, including Petrarch’s ascent of Mount Ventoux, the origins of Copernicanism, and Löwith’s use of the idea of secularization.

Quora: https://philosophyofhistory.quora.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/r3dudQvGxD
Links: https://jnnielsen.carrd.co/
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dMh0_-/
Podcast: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/t8BIr8eQdLb

#philosophy #history #PhilosophyofHistory #HansBlumenberg #modernity #Löwith #secularization